Creating Virtual Machine Images Using VirtualBox

Procedure

1. Open VirtualBox.
   The VirtualBox Manager window opens.

   

2. Click New.
   The New Virtual Machine window opens. By default, Virtual Box opens in Expert Mode. If you are in Guided Mode instead, click Expert Mode.

   

3. Configure the Virtual machine name and operating system settings.
   • Type a permanent and unique VM Name for the virtual machine.
   • Specify the VM Folder to store the completed virtual machine.
   • For the OS, select Microsoft Windows.
   • For the OS Version, select the version of Windows you want to use for the virtual machine.
     For a list of supported Windows OS versions, see Required Software.
4. Open the Specify virtual hardware section.

   

5. Specify the recommended memory size for your operating system.
   • For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, specify at least 512 MB
   • For Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, specify at least 4096 MB
   • For all other supported versions of Windows and Windows Server, specify at least 1024 MB.
6. For Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, specify at least 2 CPUs for Processors.
7. For Windows 11, select Use EFI.
8. Open the Specify virtual hard disk section.

   

9. Select Create Virtual Machine Without a Virtual Hard Disk.
10. Click Finish.
    VirtualBox creates the virtual machine. The new virtual machine appears in the left pane.

    

11. Click Settings.
    The Settings window opens.

    

12. Go to System.

    

13. Configure the settings on the Motherboard tab.
    • For Chipset, select ICH9.
    • For TPM, select v2.0.

      Important TPM v2.0 is required for Windows 11. The setting is optional for all other supported Windows versions.

    • For Pointing Device, select USB Tablet
    • Select the following Extended Features:
      • I/O APIC
      • UEFI (Required for Windows 11)
      • Secure Boot (Required for Windows 11)

    Important For Windows 11 virtual machines, UEFI and Secure Boot are required settings. The settings are optional for all other versions of Windows. Use UEFI if you want to create EFI-compatible images. EFI-compatible images are only supported by the following Trend Micro products: Deep Discovery Inspector 5.6 and later Deep Discovery Email Inspector 3.6 and later Deep Discovery Analyzer 6.8 and later Deep Discovery Director 5.1 and later Deep Discovery Web Inspector 2.5 and later

14. On the Processor tab, select PAE/NX.
15. On the Acceleration tab, select Nested Paging.
    If you are using VirtualBox 5.2 and before, also select Enable VT-x/AMD-V.

    Note The Acceleration tab is only available if the processor of the host system supports virtualization technology and the virtualization setting is enabled in the BIOS of the host system. VirtualBox 6.0 and later automatically enables VT-x/AMD-V if the processor of the host system supports virtualization technology and the virtualization setting is enabled in the BIOS of the host system.

16. Go to Storage.

    

17. If Controller: SATA appears under Storage Devices, select the controller and click to remove the SATA controller.
18. Add an IDE controller.
    1. Click and select PIIX4 (Default IDE).

       

       Controller: PIIX4 appears on the Storage Devices list.
    2. Click the controller and change the Name attribute to IDE.

       

    3. Select Use Host I/O Cache.
    4. Click Controller: PIIX4 and then click .
       The Hard Disk Selector window appears.

       

    5. Select the converted VMDK file you want to use and click Choose.
    6. Click Controller: IDE and then click to create an optical drive.
    7. In the Optical Disk Selector window, click Leave Empty.

       

    8. Click the optical drive you created and verify the Optical Drive attribute is set to IDE Secondary Device 0.
    You should only have one Controller: IDE listed under Storage Devices. If there are any other controllers listed, remove the extra controllers.
19. (Optional) Go to Audio and verify that Enable Audio is selected.

    

20. Go to USB.

    

21. Select Enable USB Controller.
22. Select USB 1.1 (OHCI) Controller.
23. Go to Shared Folders and verify that no folders are shared.

    

24. Click OK.
25. On the VirtualBox Manager screen, click to power on the image.

    

    The installation process starts.
26. Install Microsoft Office and other required software to achieve satisfactory detection results.

    Important Verify there is at least 3072 MB free virtual disk space on the virtual machine to ensure normal operation of Virtual Analyzer.